Roman JASHENKO

Director General of Institute of Zoology CS MSHE Republic of Kazakhstan, Chairman of the Kazakhstan National Committee for the UNESCO Program “Man and the Biosphere” (MAB), adviser of the UNESCO Director-General on biosphere reserves, Member of the National Commission of the Republic of Kazakhstan on UNESCO and ISESCO, President of the Tethys Scientific Society and Professor of the Kyoto University (2001), NResearch Institute for Humanity and Nature (2010-2011, Kyoto, Japan), Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (2015-2018) and Xinjiang Normal University (since 2023). The main scientific subject is zoology (systematics, fauna, lifestyle and zoogeography of scale insects; ecology; general zoology; entomology; biological control of harmful plants; zoological linguistics; natural dyes; biodiversity conservation; theory and practice on specially protected natural territories and Red Data Book, etc.). Published more than 180 scientific publications, including some monographs such as “Insect pests of a tamarisk in South-Eastern Kazakhstan” (2007), “Strict Nature Reserves of Central Asia and Kazakhstan” (2006), “The Wonderful World of Invertebrates” (2005) etc.). Member of several scientific societies: Society for Conservation Biology (since 2003), American Entomological Society (since 1997), etc. Roman Jashenko worked as a visiting professor at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (2010-2011, Japan), Kyoto University (1996, 1997, 2001, Japan), as well as a visiting researcher at Grassland, Soil and Water Research Lab (ARS-USDA, Temple, Texas, USA, 1996, 2001, 2005, 2006), Zoological Institute of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (1988–1989). As a nature photographer, Roman Jashenko organized several personal (in Kazakhstan) and collective photo exhibitions (in UNESCO, Paris), and he is the author of several documentary films. Professor Roman Jashenko was appointed as a member of the International Advisory Committee for Biosphere Reserves by the Director General of UNESCO on January 1, 2020.